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Nikkatsu teams with Madhouse for animation
Variety reports that Japan’s Nikkatsu studio and Madhouse toon house are joining forces in the U.S. to make movies with their U.S. partners and expand their worldwide businesses. According to… |
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Shrek the Musical World Premiere at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre
…production and development for the studio and is currently involved with the production of the Company’s upcoming film slate, including Kung Fu Panda, Monsters vs. Aliens, How to Train Your… |
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DreamWorks sticking with HD DVD?
Even though every other major Hollywood studio has come out in support of the Blu-ray high definition disc format Reuters is reporting that DreamWorks, for the time being, is sticking… |
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Disney announces ten animated films through 2012
…from Pixar Animation Studios, four from Walt Disney Animation Studios, and the first four in a series of direct-to-DVD films featuring Disney Fairies from DisneyToon Studios. Starting later this year… |
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Another lawsuit for DreamWorks Animation
The South Florida Times reports that a Boca Raton man is suing DreamWorks Animation, claiming the studio stole his ideas to create the 2005 movie Madagascar. According to Joseph Davis,… |
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Toon producers outsource to China
…animation classics, plus it is more expensive to produce there than in other parts of China. Where Imagi has scored high is by recruiting former inkers from top studios, including… |
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Kung Fu Panda kicking into theaters tomorrow
DreamWorks Animation’s latest film entry is getting an unusual amount of positive reviews for the studio, currently cloking in at 82% on Rotten Tomatoes, with Jim Hill calling Kung Fu… |
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2D Panda closing credits online
The closing credits for DreamWork’s hit animated flick Kung Fu Panda have appeared on the official website of Shine, the studio responsible for the creation of the sequence. These credits… |
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97% of positive reviews so far for Wall•E
…intelligent, visually remarkable, darkly funny, and ultimately, heartwarming family fare. However, critics say the good folks at Pixar have done just that with Wall•E, perhaps the studio’s most audacious film… |
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Sony picked up U.S. distribution rights for Planet 51
…the studio in summer 2009. Warners’ decision to let the film go is odd given that the studio has only three films slotted for next summer. “We could not ask… |
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Eric Goldberg book signing
…chance on August 6th from 7-9pm when Eric will be signing copies of his soon-to-be-released book at the Samuel French Theatre and Film Bookshop in Studio City. Interested parties unable… |
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Behind the scenes of Bolt
…shadowing John Lasseter around Disney’s animation studio, mentioning the different ways Lasseter has tried to improve the studio’s atmosphere. Several scenes from Bolt are also discussed, so beware of possible… |
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Little Airplane making jump to the big-screen
According to Variety, animation studio Little Airplane, responsible for the Nickelodeon children’s show Wonder Pets, is planning on expanding to feature films. The small company currently has three projects currently… |
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The Art Of Pixar Shorts, plus last chance for the Oscar Contest!
…of the CG studio’s output. Covering thirteen of Pixar’s short films from The Adventures Of Wally B. to Lifted, the book very neatly separates them up into sections: the Early… |
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Astro Boy and the economy; Tusker in production
An in-depth article focusing on how the current economic crisis has impacted Imagi Studio’s Astro Boy can be read at Forbes.com. The story details how the big-screen adaption of the… |
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Monsters vs Aliens
…Tale side of the studio? With DreamWorks it’s best to go in with lowered expectations and hope to be pleasantly surprised. Unfortunately, you’ll have to keep hope alive for the… |
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Disney and DreamWorks deal is done and dusted
Ever since Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg left Paramount Studios to run The Walt Disney Company in 1984, the Mouse House has wanted to break into the Steven Spielberg business…. |
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Like a Bolt out of the Blu! Plus The Odd Couple!
…screen that they reprised essentially the same characters as Amelia and Abigail the geese in Disney’s The AristoCats, played again together as Maid Marian and Lady Cluck in the Studio’s… |
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Superman soars! Gulliver sinks! In a double dose of Fleischer fun!
During the 1930s there was but one outfit that could lay legitimate claim to rivaling Walt Disney in the animated cartoon stakes: the Paramount-sponsored Fleischer Studios, run by producer Max… |
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Futurama gets its cast back
…for Comedy Central. Move comes after the studio put out a casting call earlier this month to find replacement actors for the show. The studio announced in June that it… |
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Bolt
…the late 1980’s and early 1990’s with films like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Mulan. But by the early 2000’s the studio had lost… |
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Up
…we’d seen before. Finding Nemo was so moving and took the studio to new heights of popularity. The Incredibles was the most exciting thing they’d ever done. Cars made us… |
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Tom and Jerry’s Greatest Chases: Volume 2
…easy to understand. It is a testament to Hanna-Barbera and the rest of the team at the MGM Cartoon Studio that there is plenty of variety in the chases. It’s… |
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Watchmen: Director’s Cut
…the Studio tampering with the film in order to trim the running time, Watchmen as seen in theaters seems to be a version sanctioned by both parties, but that a… |
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Race To Witch Mountain
…featuring Roddy McDowell. It was this lack of Mouse House influence that gave Escape its distinction, and Hough and the Studio were rewarded with enough success to warrant a sequel,… |
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
Golden Harvest/New Line Cinema/Imagi Studios/Weinstein Company (1990, 1991, 1992, 2007), New Line/Warner Home Video (August 11 2009), 4 disc set, 364 mins plus supplements, 1080p high definition 1.78:1 – 2.40:1… |
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Bedknobs and Shermans; Earth and Our Gang!
…the Shermans taking a hiatus from the Disney Studio at the time, and it wasn’t until the 25th Anniversary LaserDisc edition in 1996 that audiences could finally see (closer to)… |
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The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit
…That’s the single word that comes to mind when I think of Nick Park’s Wallace & Gromit. Park is an integral part of Aardman Animation, the studio responsible for Dreamworks’… |
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Bob Clampett’s Beany And Cecil: The Special Edition
…that he only spent a few precious years as a director at that studio. Robert Clampett (1913-1984) began his animation career with Harman-Ising in 1931, getting involved in the early… |
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Spider-Man: The New Animated Series: Special Edition
…to computer-drawn. The new show would use a wholly consistent look, with the idea that it would look like a comic book that moved. Mainframe, the Vancouver studio behind Reboot,… |
